Microsoft is set to unveil a test version of Windows 8 today, giving the general public their first opportunity to try out the company’s newest operating system. Windows 8, the first Microsoft OS compatible with low-power microprocessors designed by ARM, will run on tablets as well as desktop and laptop computers. The dawn of tablets, [...]

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Arfa Karim Randhawa, the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world, has died at the age of 16, according to her family. Randhawa was rushed to a military hospital in Lahore about two weeks ago, after suffering epileptic seizures that caused brain damage on December 22. Doctors pronounced her dead over the weekend. “Arfa was [...]

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Here are your famous & celebrity birthdays for today: Never miss a celebrity birthday again with the Celebrity Birthday Directory 1974 Joaquin Phoenix (actor) 1967 Julia Roberts (actress) 1965 Jami Gertz (actress) 1960 Mark Derwin (actor) 1955 Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) 1952 Annie Potts (actress) 1949 Bruce Jenner (Olympian) 1948 Telma Hopkins (singer, actress) [...]

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It’s September, which means it’s time to take that annual look at the 400 people in the U.S. who have more money than you and I do. Yes, the 2011 edition of the Forbes 400 is out.  It should come as no surprise to anyone that Bill Gates tops the list for the 18th straight [...]

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A former Brat Packer has been arrested for acting bratty! Anthony Michael Hall was arrested last night on suspicion of disturbing the peace after an ugly confrontation with a fellow resident. The LAPD confirms that the former ’80s teen star who appeared in films like “The Breakfast Club”, “Weird Science”, and “Sixteen Candles”, was taken [...]

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Carlos Slim has been named the richest man in the world by Forbes for the second year in a row. Slim has a net worth of $74 billion and topped Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates (2nd) and Warren Buffett (3rd). The total wealth of this year’s billionaires rose 25 percent to $4.5 trillion! Shockingly, I’m no [...]

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The results are in and Time magazine has named Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg as its Person of the Year for 2010. Zuckerberg, 26, currently holds approximately 25 percent of Facebook’s shares and was featured last week as one of Barbara Walters 10 Most Fascinating people of 2010. According to Time, the Facebook founder [...]

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More here: Funny Lists 1. Their #1 product would be “Microsoft Winders” 2. Instead of an hourglass icon you’d get an empty beer bottle. 3. Occasionally you’d bring up a winder that was covered with a Hefty bag and some duct tape. 4. Dialog boxes would give you the choice of “Ahh-right”, “Naw”, or “Git”instead [...]

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Here are your famous & celebrity birthdays for today: Never miss a celebrity birthday again with the Celebrity Birthday Directory 1974 Joaquin Phoenix (actor) 1967 Julia Roberts (actress) 1965 Jami Gertz (actress) 1960 Mark Derwin (actor) 1955 Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) 1952 Annie Potts (actress) 1949 Bruce Jenner (Olympian) 1948 Telma Hopkins (singer, actress) [...]

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More here: Funny Lists 1. Aristotle: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road. 2. Buddha: Asking this question denies your own chicken nature. 3. The Bible: And God came down from the heavens and He said unto the chicken, “Thou shalt cross the road.” And the chicken crossed the road and there [...]

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The annual Forbes 400 list of the richest people in America is out.  Some will be surprised to see that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (#35) has jumped out ahead of Apple CEO Steve Jobs (#42), mostly due to the fact that Facebook has tripled in value since last year. Other notable tech-heads on the list [...]

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More here: Funny Lists 1. The Yellow River by I.P. Daily 2. The Numbers Game by Cal Q. Later 3. Under the Bleachers by Seymour Butts 4. Rusty Bed Springs by I.P. Freeley 5. Twenty yards to the Out House by Willie Makit and illustrated by Betty Wont 6. Spots on the Wall by Hugh [...]

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